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Article Dans Une Revue Cahiers de Recherches Médiévales et Humanistes = Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies Année : 2011

Les morts violentes de Darnant, Estonné et Bruyant dans Perceforest : l’Histoire imprévue

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Perceforest features three violent deaths in a row, building up to a vendetta. The narrative is enhanced by a clever conjointure that manages to renew the adventurous motif while avoiding repetitions and commonplaces. Even though modern readers may be surprised at the presence of merveilles, or marvelous elements, a Burgundian audience, and more particularly the Duke of Burgundy himself, Phillip the Good, would rather have been interested in elements which actual historical events: indeed, the murder of John the Fearless in Montereau had amounted to a deeply traumatic event, often depicted in Burgundian literature. Such a reading throws an entirely new light on the whole sequence, and especially one the third murder, this one being out of sync with History: baby Passelion, born with a bow in hand, appears as a kind of Cupid, who would represent the Duke of Burgundy, a great seducer – as Estonné’son will be – and a conqueror who used his bastard sons as political pawns instead of avenging tools.
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hal-01846024 , version 1 (26-07-2018)

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Christine Ferlampin-Acher. Les morts violentes de Darnant, Estonné et Bruyant dans Perceforest : l’Histoire imprévue . Cahiers de Recherches Médiévales et Humanistes = Journal of Medieval and Humanistic Studies, 2011, 22, p. 293-305. ⟨hal-01846024⟩
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